Example Sentences

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On the journey over, she made final tweaks to a new song called Maggots For Brains, just 10 days before its release.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Maggots aren’t just maggots, Mr. Smith explained — they’re potential evidence.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2024

Maggots are, after all, completely disgusting to most of us, yet they might just be what the doctor ordered.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024

“Garbage would be leaking. When you went home, you had to stop at the door to pull off your clothes. Maggots would fall out on you.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2018

Maggots again, but larger, full grown, they now crawled across his grief and his repentance.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley